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		<title>Is Depression the Result of Self-Centeredness?</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/2013/03/29/depression-result-centeredness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/2013/03/29/depression-result-centeredness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Hambleton Bishop</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[changing your values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depression and selfishness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depression and values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healing depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[helping depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[selfishness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[values and your mood]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ In this post I will be laying out a hypothesis for how the US’s value of freedom and individualism may be affecting our national depression rates. <a class="more-link" href="http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/2013/03/29/depression-result-centeredness/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Feelings are important in growing consciousness – Existential and Mindfulness Based Emotional Reflection Therapy</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/2013/03/07/feelings-important-growing-consciousness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Hambleton Bishop</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emotions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Techniques]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Therapy Techniques]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips for Therapists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Types of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[couples counseling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[couples help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotional reflection therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enactments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[existential couples counseling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[existential therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[improving communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[improving relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage intervention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mindfulness therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[save my marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[using emotions in therapy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Accepting your emotional reality and holding an awareness of those feelings helps us to be conscious of how we are currently being influenced … understanding this influence opens up the possibility to use reflection to guide your actions towards your best interests and towards the most ideal interaction patterns. <a class="more-link" href="http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/2013/03/07/feelings-important-growing-consciousness/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reflection and Psychotherapy</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/2013/02/15/reflection-psychotherapy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Hambleton Bishop</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beliefs, Truths, Opinions, & Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Individual Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mind-Body Connection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to stop reacting automatically]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incfreasing reflection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mindfulness & Meditation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reflection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reflective ability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thinking before doing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Reflection is the ability to hold a stimulus in the present moment without reacting automatically. In a state of reflection, a person can notice or observe the presence of a thought or feeling that they are experiencing… noticing or observing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Systemics in Psychotherapy</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/2013/02/10/systemics-psychotherapy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Hambleton Bishop</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[systemics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[systemics in psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[systems theory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/?p=1249</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Systems therapists are interested in helping a family, couple, community, school system, country etc. to function with dynamics and structures which best support the well being and potential of the pieces which make up the system. Systems theory taken to a radical (and dichotomous) position would state that problems do not exist within individuals; instead, ‘problems’ are the result of a systems inability to effectively attend to the needs of the individuals in the system… labeling a person as the problem is a symptom of the systems inability to augment its strengths and to adapt in ways that facilitate dynamics and structures which are best suited to the ‘pieces’ (people) in the system. <a class="more-link" href="http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/2013/02/10/systemics-psychotherapy/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Democratically Denying Education – the internal flaw of democracy</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/2013/01/31/democratically-denying-education/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/2013/01/31/democratically-denying-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Hambleton Bishop</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beliefs, Truths, Opinions, & Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy & Theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political topics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Democracy needs education to function properly; without an informed electorate it would be unclear as to what any given person’s vote was based on… this turns voting into a game of chance where we the people are choosing one person or policy based on either no information, false information, or fallacious information.

Yet the freedoms inherent in democracy allows for the electorate to vote against policies which would ensure that the electorate was properly informed. We can democratically choose to deny the resources needed for us to be properly informed … in such an instance it is actually democracy which causes the dysfunction of democracy. <a class="more-link" href="http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/2013/01/31/democratically-denying-education/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Integrity and Your Social Potential</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/2013/01/27/integrity-social-potential/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/2013/01/27/integrity-social-potential/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 22:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Hambleton Bishop</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beliefs, Truths, Opinions, & Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metaphors for wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy & Theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[existentialism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding your purpose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Integrity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quitting your job]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the dialectic of integrity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the negatives of integrity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[why to quit]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/?p=1240</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps it is at times better to measure your integrity on the degree to which you are asserting your potential to best positively influence the community and to manifest your purpose as opposed to measuring your integrity by the degree to which you conform to an overgeneralized social value, an overgeneralized social perception, or a bureaucratic regulation. <a class="more-link" href="http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/2013/01/27/integrity-social-potential/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Scientism</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/2013/01/11/scientism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/2013/01/11/scientism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Hambleton Bishop</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beliefs, Truths, Opinions, & Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Existance, Reality & the Universe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy & Theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dogmatism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Houston Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intuition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[objectivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science and psychology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scientism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the scientific method]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/?p=1232</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Scientism is essentially the result of dogmatism for the scientific method, which leads to gross overgeneralization about the importance or ability of the scientific method. Most speakers on the subject relay their concern of the impact that scientism has had on the field of human psychology and spirituality. <a class="more-link" href="http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/2013/01/11/scientism/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The thoughts, emotions, and behaviors triangle</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/2012/07/12/thoughts-emotions-behaviors-triangle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/2012/07/12/thoughts-emotions-behaviors-triangle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Hambleton Bishop</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Techniques]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Therapy Explained, Simplified, and Un-Jargoned]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Therapy Techniques]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips for Therapists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Types of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CBT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[counseling explained]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotions and behaviors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interconectedness of thoughts behaviors and emotions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psychotherapy interventions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Diagram below can be used to understand the interconnectedness of thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/?p=1191</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Diagram below can be used to understand the interconnectedness of thoughts, emotions and behaviors. Additionally the diagram gives an easy to understand explanation of the many different means of offering a psychotherapy intervention. I use this Diagram to offer a visual depiction of all the different options which are available to help the client in achieving a desired change. I use this diagram to unify all theories… personally I am an eclectic therapist… I believe in all the various interventions and I would propose that perhaps being open to offering any of a diverse array of interventions is a sure way of increasing your ability to assist a diverse array of people (multi-cultural competence). <a class="more-link" href="http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/2012/07/12/thoughts-emotions-behaviors-triangle/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Respecting Elders in a Society of Rugged Individualism</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/2012/05/31/respecting-elders-society-rugged/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/2012/05/31/respecting-elders-society-rugged/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 15:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Hambleton Bishop</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beliefs, Truths, Opinions, & Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy & Theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collectivist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culture and respect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earning respect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[individualism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[respect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[respect for elders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[respecting your elders]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/?p=1187</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My intention is to stir up a conversation as to a possible answer to why there seems to be a decreasing degree of 'respecting your elders' in the United Stated and other individual focused cultures (as opposed to collectivist cultures). <a class="more-link" href="http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/2012/05/31/respecting-elders-society-rugged/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom from and Freedom to</title>
		<link>http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/2012/05/04/freedom-freedom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 21:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Hambleton Bishop</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beliefs, Truths, Opinions, & Thoughts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[dialectics and freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom from]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom to]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[negative liberty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[positive liberty]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/?p=1183</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Freedom is the very thing which inhibits freedom <a class="more-link" href="http://www.thoughtsfromatherapist.com/2012/05/04/freedom-freedom/">Continue&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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